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McWil Courtwall Women's Austrian Open Squash Championship, Vienna, Austria (20/12/2009)

Dipika Pallikal bows out in the semi-finals

Third-seeded Victoria Lust of England defeated India’s Dipika Pallikal, the top seed, in the semifinals and eventually went on to win the title in the $4,000 McWil Courtwall Austrian women’s squash open, a WISPA event in Vienna.

Even though Dipika fought all the way and perhaps played one of the longest matches (19-21)  in the first game and made it 2-2. But in the last match she lost 11-6.

The top seeded Indian defeated Sandra Polak of Austria 11-4, 11-1, 11-5 in the first match.

In the quarterfinals, Dipika beat the German girl Sina Wall 12-10, 11-4, 12-10 to set up a semifinal clash with third seeded Victoria Lust of England. 

RESULTS: 

1st round: 
Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Sandra Polak (AUT) 11-4, 11-1, 11-5

Quarter-finals: 
Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Sina Wall (GER) 12-10, 11-4, 12-10
 

Semi-finals: 
Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 19-21, 11-6, 11-6, 11-13, 11-6
 
Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt [6] Birgit Coufal (AUT) 15-13, 12-10, 11-8
 


Final:
 
Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
  

   

Siddharth loses to Delasaux In BC Open  (29/11/09)

Final: Q] Laurence Delasaux (ENG) bt [3] Siddharth Suchde (IND) 12-10, 11-3, 11-1 (52m)
Semi-finals: [3] Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt [5] Eddie Charlton (ENG) 11-9, 16-14, 11-5 (54m)

Quarter-finals: [3] Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt [7] Lewis Walters (ENG) 11-2, 12-10, 11-6 (38m)
1st round: [3] Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt [Q] Justin Todd (CAN) 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 (25m)

 

 

Rhode Island Open 2009, 18-22 Nov, USA.

 

Quarter finals : Siddarth Suchde lost to Liam Kenny 11-6, 5-11, 11-6, 11-1 
Round 1 : Siddarth Suchde (Ind) bt [6] Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) 12-10, 11-7, 7-11, 8-11, 11-6

 

 

Pallikal Lead Upsets In Qatar Classic Qualifiers

 

Mens Round 1 : [7] James Willstrop (Eng) beat [Q] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 12-0, 12-10, 11-4

 

Men's qualifying finals:

Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Mansoor Zaman (PAK) 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 (32m)

 

Women's qualifying finals:

Alana Miller (CAN) bt Joshna Chinappa (IND) 5-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 (33m)

Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Sharon Wee (MAS) 11-5, 9-11, 11-1, 11-2 (27m)

Dipika loses  in quarters of Coronation Squash Open, London, England (14/11/2009) 

Quarter final: 
[4] Manuela Manetta (ITA) bt [7] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 11-7, 11-6, 3-11, 11-8 (43m)

1st Round : 
[7] Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt [Q] Victoria Bell (Eng) 11/5, 12/10, 11/6 

Men’s 1st round :
[3] Joey Barrington (Eng) bt [Q] Harinderpal Sandhu (Ind) 11/6, 11/7, 11/2 (37m)

Ghosal loses in quarters  of the Squash Santiago Open (13/11/2009)

Unseeded Saurav Ghosal secured surprise places in the men's quarter-finals of the Squash Santiago Open after beating seventh seed Tom Richards and sixth seed Miguel Angel Rodriguez, respectively, in the opening round of the $41,000 4-star PSA World Tour event at Shopping Center Area Central in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, but he lost in the quarters to Adrian Grant of England.  

Men's quarter-finals: 
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-6, 2-11, 5-11, 14-12, 11-5 (59m)
 

1st round: 
Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [6] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 11-5, 11-8, 11-6 (33m) 

 


Joshna Loses in Quarters of Carol  Weymuller US Open Crown In New York
(10/11/2009)

1st Round :
[5] Laura Massaro (Eng) beat [Q] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 11/2, 11/9, 17/15 

 

Bailian New Era Mall China Squash Open, Shanghai, China (4/11/2009)

Unseeded Siddharth Suchde beat eighth seeded James Snell of England in the 1st round causing upset but loses in the quarterfinals. 

Men's quarter-finals:
[4] Matthew Karwalski (AUS) bt Siddharth Suchde (IND) 6-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3
 

1st Round: 
Siddarth Suchde beat  James Snell (Eng)  3-11, 11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10

 

Kuwait Men’s World Open Squash Championship, Green Island,( Kuwait) : (3/11/2009) 

Indian number one Saurav Ghosal suffered the indignity of losing the first game without scoring a point - but refocused and battled back to beat French qualifier Mathieu Castagnet 0-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 after 56 minutes.

"It was just weird," explained the 29th seed, from Chennai, afterwards.  "He played really well - but I was in the rallies, but everything was wrong, even my body language.

2nd round: [1] Karim Darwish (EGY) bt [29] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 11-1 (40m)

1st round: Saurav Ghosal beat Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 0-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5

 

 

Cathay Pacific Gale Well Hong Kong Open (14/10/2009)

 

 

RESULTS:  

Men's 1st round:

[4] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [Q] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 (27m)

 

Women's 1st round:

[16] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [Q] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7 (33m)

 

Men's qualifying finals:

Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 (42m)

 

Women's qualifying finals:

Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Joelle King (NZL) 14-12, 11-5, 11-5 (40m) 

 
 

Men's World Team Squash Championship, Odense, Denmark : 30/09/2009

 

India loses against Italy In Final Qualifying Round at World Team Championship

 

RESULTS

 

Play-Offs :


17th place play-off:

[16] HONG KONG bt [9] INDIA 2/1

  Leo Au bt Gaurav Nandrajog 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 (45m)

  Dick Lau bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 5-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-5, 11-6 (57m)

  Max Lee lost to Harinder Pal Sandhu 6-11, 11-9, 8-11 (27m)

 

[9] INDIA bt [17/24] DENMARK 2/1

  Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Rasmus Nielsen 4-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8 (52m)

  Harinder Pal Sandhu lost to Kristian Frost Olesen 10-12, 9-11, 2-11 (45m)

  Gaurav Nandrajog bt Kim Povlsen 12-10, 11-3, 11-6 (30m)

 

[9] INDIA bt [17/24] AUSTRIA 2/1

  Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Jakob Dirnberger 11-5, 13-11, 11-9 (27m)

  Ritwik Bhattacharya lost to Aqeel Rehman 8-11, 9-11, 9-11 (30m)

  Gaurav Nandrajog bt Stefan Brauneis 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (24m)

  

Final Qualifying Round : 

Pool H:

[8] ITALY bt [9] INDIA 2/1

  Jose Facchini bt Gaurav Nandrajog 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (32m)

  Davide Bianchetti bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 13-11, 11-7, 11-8 (35m)

  Amr Swelim lost to Harinder Pal Sandhu 9-11, 9-11, 9-11 (42m)


[17/24] SCOTLAND bt [25/28] VENEZUELA 3/0

  Chrish Small bt Juan Pablo Sanchez 11-3, 11-4, 11-4 (16m)
  Alan Clyne bt Francisco Valecillo 11-0, 11-3, 11-1 (15m)

  Stuart Crawford bt Juan Pablo Rothie 11-4, 7-11, 11-0, 11-3 (25m)

Final positions: 1 Italy, 2 Scotland, 3 India, 4 Venezuela

 

Qualifying Round

Pool H:

 [17/24] SCOTLAND bt [9] INDIA 3/0

  Alan Clyne bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (29m)

  Chris Small bt Gaurav Nandrajog 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (43m)

  Stuart Crawford bt Harinder Pal Sandhu 12-10, 11-4, 11-6 (30m)

 

[8] ITALY bt [17/24] SCOTLAND 3/0

  Davide Bianchetti bt Alan Clyne 7-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 (68m)

  Amr Swelim bt Chris Small 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 (35m)

  Marcus Berrett bt Stuart Crawford 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5 (40m)

 

[9] INDIA bt VENEZUELA 3/0

  Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Juan Pablo Rothie 11-8, 12-10, 11-8 (23m)

  Gaurav Nandrajog bt Gabriel Teran 11-1, 11-3, 11-5 (16m)

  Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Juan Pablo Sanchez 11-5, 11-3, 11-1 (18m) 

 

Source: http://www.worldsquash.org.uk/newspage2008.asp?NewsID=262 

Forexx Women’s World Open Squash Championships, Netherlands : 23rd September 2009
 

RESULTS:  

1st round:
Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt Joshna Chinappa (IND) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 (16m)

Qualifying finals:
Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt Dipika Pallikal (IND)  11-5, 2-11, 11-8, 10-12, 12-10 (51m)
Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Nour El Sherbini (EGY)  8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8 (44m)

2nd qualifying round:
Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Celia Allamargot (FRA) 11-9, 11-9, 11-5 (24m)
Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Lisa Camilleri (AUS) 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8 (34m)

1st qualifying round:
Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Cecilie Mayer (DEN) 11-5, 11-2, 11-4 (19m)  

Click here for more details :
http://www.squashplayer.co.uk/resultspage.asp?Key=2268 

Saurav loses in 1st round at Sky Open 2009, Sky Petrosport Club, Cairo, Egypt : 17-23 September 2009

RESULTS

1st Round :
[11] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt [Q] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-6, 5-11, 11-3, 11-4 (54m)

1st qualifying round:
Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Mohd Sayed Mahmoud Aly (EGY) 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-5, 11-1 (66m)

 

Saurav & Joshna crashes out of WISPA British Open Squash Championship, Manchester  : 
11th September 2009

Manchester: India’s Joshna Chinappa crashed out of the $53,500 WISPA British Open squash championship here after she was humbled in the qualifiers by Fiona Moverley of England.

World No. 35 Joshna lost 10-12, 12-10, 7-11, 9-11 to Moverly, who is ranked 16 places below her, in the first qualifying round of the World Tour gold event. —PTI

Source : http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/11/stories/2009091161761700.htm 
Source :
http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/12/stories/2009091256801600.htm

 

US Open 2009, Chicago, USA : 01-06 Sep 2009

Indian No. 1 Saurav loses in round one at US Open, Chicago

Saurav Ghosal (Ind) lost to [5] Adrian Grant (Eng) 11-8, 11-9, 12-10 (46 mins)

Source : http://www.squashplayer.co.uk/resultspage.asp?Key=2241 

 

Saudi Squash International, Al-Khobar , Saudi Arabia : 26th August 2009

Saurav Ghosal in qualifying finals held at St George's LT & SC, Weybridge, England

The 30-year-old from Aix-en-Provence became the sole French qualifier after compatriot Julien Balbo bowed out to India’s Saurav Ghosal.  The 11-7, 11-2, 11-1 victory takes the 23-year-old from Calcutta into the Saudi main draw for the first time.

Results: 

Qualifying finals :

Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Julien Balbo (FRA) 11-7, 11-2, 11-1

1st qualifying round :
Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-7 (62m)
Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Ben Ford (ENG) 11-3, 11-9, 11-4 (33m)

 

CIMB Malaysian Open Squash Championships, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : 28th July 2009

Saurav loses the 1st round

RESULTS:

Men’s 1st round:
[3] Wael El Hindi (EGY) bt [Q] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6

Men’s qualifying finals:
Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Julien Balbo (FRA) 7-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7  

Qualifier Saurav lost to 3rd seed Wael Hindi of Egypt in the 1st Round of $53,500 CIMB Malaysian Open of the established international squash event at The Curve Shopping Mall at Mutiara Damansara in Kuala Lumpur.

 

World Games 2009

Nicol David & Nick Matthew Strike Gold in World Games Squash Championships.. (Chinese Taipei, 24th july 2009.)

Favourites Nick Matthew and Nicol David secured the gold medals in the World Games Squash championships after straight games victories in the men's and women's finals, respectively, at the Chung Cheng Martial Arts Stadium in the Chinese Taipei city of Kaohsiung.

The finals, both of which featured the events' top two seeds, brought to a climax the Squash competition in the 2009 Kaohsiung World Games - the eighth edition of the multi-sport event, staged under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which featured over 4,000 athletes competing in more than 30 sports not currently on the programme of the Olympic Games.

 

Final Scores:


Men's final:

[1] Nick Matthew (GBR) bt [2] James Willstrop (GBR) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5 (42m)

 

Women's final:

[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [2] Natalie Grinham (NED) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 (38m)

 

Men's semi-finals:

[1] Nick Matthew (GBR) bt [3] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 13-11 (90m)

[2] James Willstrop (GBR) bt [5] Stewart Boswell (AUS) 5-7 ret. (10m)

 

Women's semi-finals:

[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [5] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) 11-4, 11-3, 11-6 (25m)

[2] Natalie Grinham (NED) bt [4] Alison Waters (GBR) 8-11, 0-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 (61m)


Quarter-finals:

[1] Nick Matthew (GBR) bt [8] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-4, 11-13, 11-9, 11-6 (61m)

 

2nd round:

[8] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [9] Renan Lavigne (FRA) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (36m)

 

1st round:

[8] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bye

[13] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11-2, 23-21, 11-6 (49m)

 

Women's 


2nd round:

[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt Joshna Chinappa (IND) 11-2, 11-7, 11-3 (19m)

 

1st round:

Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [15] Sharon Wee (MAS) 13-15, 15-13, 11-13, 11-3, 11-6 (44m)

  

PSA/WISPA TOUR EVENT NEWS

NSC Squash Series No6, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

 

Squash ace Joshna Chinappa won the third WISPA title of her career when she defeated home favourite Low Wee Wern in the final of the $ 16,000 NSC series event on Saturday in Kuala Lumpur.
 
In an exciting match that went the full distance, the Indian clawed back from two games down to win on extra points 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 17-15. A trainee of the Indian Squash Academy (erstwhile ICL academy), Chennai, Joshna, currently ranked 41 in the world, was seeded fourth in this tournament. In her earlier rounds she defeated Miranda Ranieri (Can) 3-0 and then accounted for second seeded Sharon Wee of Malaysia in a marathon session in the semifinals. Joshna won that 11-6, 8-11, 14-16, 11-8, 11-8. In the other half, Low had defeated the top seed Delia Arnold of Malaysia to move to the title round. The Indian’s earlier two successes too were in Malaysia.
 
Jubilant over her victory, Joshna, in a message said: “It was a tough match and I had to play well to come back from two games down. I feel I am mentally fitter and stronger now. On a personal note I would like to thank my coaches at ISA, the Mittal Trust, the boys and girls who train with me at the academy and my parents for all their support.”

 

RESULTS:

Women's finals:

Joshna Chinappa bt Low Wee Wern 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 17-15

 

Women's semi-finals:

[4] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [2] Sharon Wee (MAS) 11-6, 8-11, 14-16, 11-8, 11-8 (47m)


Women's quarter-finals:

[4] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [5] Miranda Ranieri (CAN) 11-8, 13-11, 11-9 (28m)

Movida International Toulouse Squash Open, Toulouse, France : 18th June 2009

 

Siddharth Suchde loses in first round at Movida International Toulouse Squash Open, France

 

RESULTS:               


1st round:

[3] Chris Ryder (ENG) bt [Q] Siddharth Suchde ( IND ) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (32m)

       Cloudy Tour Kranj Squash Open, Kranj, Slovenia : 14 June 2009

Fifth seed Waller, a 19-year-old left-hander from Enfield, made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals by upsetting India's fourth seed Harinder Pal Sandhu.  

Quarter-finals:
[5] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [4] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-3

1st round:
[4] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Alex Ingham (ENG) 11-5, 7-11, 14-12, 7-11, 11-9
 

PENANG INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP
FROM 4TH JUNE – 8TH JUNE 2009

At 101, Bukit Dumbar, 11700 Penang, Malaysia
TEL:  604 – 6570901; FAX:  604 – 6570901
Email: penangjunioropen@yahoo.com

RESULTS:

Girls Under – 11 :

  • Ryna Kishchandani – 4th position
  • Adiya Advani - 5th position

Girls Under – 13 :

  • Pankhuri Malhotra - 7th  position
  • Nandini Agarwal - 12th position

Girls Under – 15 :

  • Shria Khatri - 2nd position
  • Sachika Ingale – 5th position     .

Boys Under – 11 :

  • Ravi Solomon – winner
  • Aditya Khatri came 2nd
  • Abhay Singh – 3rd
  • Aryan Hemdev – 6th position
  • Yohan Surti – 7th position
  • Divyanshu Sharma - 17th position.

Boys Under – 15

  • Deepak Misra - 5th position
  • Delhi’s Divij Singh - 8th position
  • Aditya Advani - 32nd position

Boys Under – 13 

  • Kush Kumar - winner 
  • Sandeep Ramachandran - 4th position
  • Roshan Kumarn - 5th position
  • Yohan Pandole - 8th position
  • Velavan - 13th position
  • Karan Kochar -14th position
  • Rishi Dev -15th position
  • Mudit Pant -18th position

Boys Under -17 

Vrishab Kotian - 8th position

                Seegarten Vitis Squash Open, Schlieren, Zurich, Switzerland : 22nd May 2009

Ritwik and Siddharth knocked out in first round of Seegarten Vitis Open 2009

1st Round:Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11-9, 12-10, 11-9
Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) bt  Siddharth Suchde (IND) 14-12, 11-4, 11-4 

Swiss hopes stay alive as Nicolas Mueller scored a resounding 11-9, 12-10, 11-9 win over seasoned PSA campaigner Ritwik Bhattacharya of India, the eighth seed.  

Roma Est Open 2009, Rome : 5th - 10th May

Ritwik Bhattacharya loses in quarters at Roma Est Open, Rome.

Defending champion Mark Krajcsak had to fight back from two games down to beat fifth seed Ritwik Bhattacharya in the Roma Est Open to earn his anticipated place in the semi-finals of the $10,000 PSA World Tour squash event in its second year at the Shopping Centre Roma Est in the historic Italian city of Rome. 

Quarter Finals:
Mark Krajcsak (Hun) bt Rtiwik Bhattacharya 8-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-4 

Round One:
Rtiwik Bhattacharya (Ind) bt Kristian Frost (Den) 11-9, 5-11, 7-11, 11-4, 12-10 

Festina Open 2009 at Milan, Italy : 23-25 April

 

Gaurav loses in Quarters At Festina Open, Italy.

 

Gaurav Nandrajog the 6th seeded lost 1-3 to 3rd seeded Luca Mastrostefano (Ita) in PSA Festina Open at the Sporting Club Milano in Basiglio, Milan, Italy.

In the first round he won against unseeded Marco Vercesi of Italy very easily 11/5, 11/3, 11/7 in 22 minutes.


But in the quarters he lost to Luca Mastrostefano after being 1-1.  But the Italian had upper hand in the other 2 games thus winning the game by 11/3, 7/11, 11/7, 11/8.


Final Score:

Quarter Finals:

Luca Mastrostefano beat Gaurav Nandrajog 11/3, 7/11, 11/7, 11/8


1st Round:

Gaurav beat Marco Vercesi 11/5, 11/3, 11/7 (22 mins)


Irish Open at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin : 20-25 April 2009

Dipika Pallikal & Joshna loses in qualifying finals: 

Both Dipika & Joshna lost in the qualifying finals of the 25000 $ Cannon Kirk IRISH OPEN being played at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin. 

While in the 1st round Dipika & Joshna beat their counter part Kerri Lancaster (IRL) and Carrie Hastings (ENG) very easily by 3-0.   

But in the qualifying finals Dipika gave tough time to Manuela Manetta of Italy by taking her to 5 sets before losing 2-3.  Joshna lost to Lauren Siddall of England very easily 3-0.  

Final Scores: 

Qualifying Finals
Manuela Manetta (Ita) beat Dipika 11-4, 11-7, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5 (43 mins)
Lauren Siddall (Eng) beat Joshna 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (mins)

1st Round
Dipika Pallikai (IND) bt Kerri Lancaster (IRL) 3/0 (11/8, 11/6, 11/6) 23m 
Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Carrie Hastings (ENG) 3/0 (11/4, 11/7, 11/5 ) 21m
 

Heliopolis Open 2009
At Cairo : 04-09 April

Dipika loses in first round against Rachael Grinham from Australia 

Finals:
Raneem El Weleily bt Engy Kheirallah 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-5 

Semifinals:
Raneem El Weleily bt Rachael Grinham 8-11, 13-11
Engy Kheirallah bt Rebecca Chiu 11-6, 3-11, 11-8, 11-4

Round One:

Rachael Grinham (Aus) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind) 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6 

Qatar International Open 2009
At Khalifa International Squash Complex, Doha : From 5th to 10th April 2009

 

Results Individual Event : 

 

FINAL POSITIONS

Kush Kumar 1

lost

Omar Elatms (Egy) 2

Runners Up 

11-6, 13-15, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 (3-2)

Deepak M  3/4

beat

Matt Sidaway  (Eng) 3/4 

3rd-16

11-9,13-11,6-11,8-11,12-10

Ramit Tandon 5/8

bt 

Mahesh Mangoankar

7th/8th

9-11,11-5,11-3,13-11 (3-1)

Ravi Dixit 5/8

bt

Abdulrahman al Malki (Qat)

9th/14

11-7,11-5,9-11,11-7  (3-1)

Rahel Fazelbhoy 5/8

Lost to

Ho Wa Yeung (HK)

10th/16

6-11,11-5,11-6,11-6 (3-1)

Sandeep Ramachandran

 

 

11th/16

 

Paramit Singh

beat     

Heiko Schwarzer (Ger)

13th/14 

11-8,12-10,11-9

 

 

 

 

 

SEMIFINALS

Kush Kumar (1)

beat

Abdel rahman Elgarhy (Egy) 3/4

 

12-10,13-11,11-9 (3-0)

Deepak Mishra 

beat

Oliver Holland (Eng)

 

11-0,11-5,11-3 (3-0)

 

 

 

 

 

QUARTER FINALS

 

 

 

 

Kush Kumar (1)

beat

Matt Bedwell (Eng)

 

11-4,11-6,11-3 (3-0)

Deepak Mishra

beat

Abdullah Al Tamimi(Qat) 

 

16-14,9-11,11-5,11-6,11-8 (3-2)

Ramit Tandon 5/8 

Lost to

Nathan Lake (Eng)

 

11-4, 11-4, 11-8

Mahesh Mangoankar

Lost to

 Merhwan  El Shorbagi (Egy) 

 

7-11,11-4,11-9,11-7 (3-1)

 

 

 

 

 

 Ist Round

 

 

 

 

Kush Kumar (1) 

beat

Konstantin Blach (Ger)

 

11-4,11-3,11-4 (3-0)

Sandeep Ramachandran

Lost     

Omar Elatms (Egy) (2)

 

11-4,11-3,11-3 (3-0)

Deepak Mishra

beat

Ian Yeung (HK)

 

11-9,14-12,11-8 (3-0)

Rahel Fazelbhoy 

Lost to

Fady Mina (Egy) 

 

11-4,11-5,11-4

Mahesh Mangoankar

beat

 Simon Vaciahovsky (Ger) 

 

11-6,11-8,11-6 (3-0)

Ramit Tandon CWG 5/8 

beat

Khalid Hindawi (Qat) 

 

11-7,11-5,11-1 (3-0)

Ravi Dixit  CWG  5/8 

Lost

 

 

9-11,11-4,11-8,11-6 (3-1)

Paramit Singh 

Lost

Amr Khalifa (Egy) 

 

11-8,8-11,12-10,11-3 (3-1)

 

Hurghada Squash International, Cairo, Egypt : 30th March 2009


Dipika lost to Jenny Duncalf (ENG) in the first round of Hurghada Squash International, Cairo, Egypt

Results
:

 

Women's 1st round:

Jenny Duncalf (Eng) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 

Qualifying Finals:
Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt Nouran El Torky (Egy) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8

Qualifying Round One:
Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt Eliza Kargioti (Gre) 11-4, 11-0, 11-8

Saurav loses in quarter-finals of NSC Series No. 5, Kuala Lumpur 28 March, 2009

Indian Saurav Ghosal lost to Mohd Azlan Iskandar in quarter-finals 

Results :


Final:
Azlan Iskandar bt
Omar Mosaad 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6 

Semi-finals:
Azlan Iskandar bt
Hisham Ashour 11-5, 11-4, 13-15, 11-7 

Quarter-finals:

Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-9, 11-5, 11-9 

Round One:
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Ryan Cuskelly (Aus) 9-11,11-4,11-4,11-1

 

NSC Series No. 3 (13 March 2009) Kuala Lumpur 

Joshna loses in Semi’s

 

Joshna who won the 5 setter marathon in the quarters by beating Donna Urguhart of Australia lost to Lauren Briggs of England's in the semi finals of the NSC Series No3 Squash Championship at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Semi finals: 
Lauren Briggs beat Joshna Chinappa 11-9, 12-10, 11-2

Quarterfinals : 
Joshna Chinappa beat DonnaUrguhart (AUS) 5-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6

1st Round :
Joshna Chinappa beat Joelle King (NZL) 12-10, 5-11, 11-8, 2-11, 11-5
Donna Urguhart beat Dipika Pallikal 11-3, 7-11, 3-11, 11-4, 11-7

Kane Mailing Welsh Junior Open Squash Championships, Cardiff, Wales : 9th March 2009

EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS :

Jagtap & Hodgson Win Welsh Junior Open Titles 

India's Aditya Jagtap and Robyn Hodgson, from Scotland, prevailed in tough U19 finals in the Kane Mailing Welsh Junior Open Squash Championships in Cardiff to celebrate their first successes on the European Squash Federation Junior Circuit.

Jagtap was top seed in the men's event - but the 16-year-old from Mumbai, now based at Millfield School in England, had to fight from two games down in the final to overcome second-seeded Englishman Anthony Graham 3-11, 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, 12-10.

The women's final also went to five games - but this time the favourite was unable to press home her advantage.  Sarah Barnes, the top seed from France, recovered from two games down to draw level - but 18-year-old Hodgson, the No2 seed, was on top throughout the decider, ultimately winning 16-14, 11-4, 8-11, 10-12, 11-2.

RESULTS :

Men's U19

Final:
[1] Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt [2] Anthony Graham (ENG) 3-11, 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, 12-10

Semi-finals:
[1] Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt [3/4] Robert Downer (ENG) 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5
[2] Anthony Graham (ENG) bt [3/4] Hywel Robinson (WAL) w/o

Quarter-Finals:
[1] Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt [5/8] Ben Rodgers (ENG) 11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-3
[3/4] Robert Downer (ENG) bt [9/16] Kevin Moran (SCO) 11-8, 4-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9
[3/4] Hywel Robinson (WAL) bt [5/8] Christopher Ferguson (SCO) 6-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4
[2] Anthony Graham (ENG) bt [5/8] David Haley (WAL) 9-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-2

Women's U19

Final:
[2] Robyn Hodgson (SCO) bt [1] Sarah Barnes (FRA) 16-14, 11-4, 8-11, 10-12, 11-2

Semi-finals:
[1] Sarah Barnes (FRA) bt [3/4] Abby Hicks (WAL) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
[2] Robyn Hodgson (SCO) bt [3/4] Lea Moineau (FRA) 11-8, 11-3, 11-8

Quarter-Finals:
[1] Sarah Barnes (FRA) bye
[3/4] Abby Hicks (WAL) bt Harriet Crawford (ENG) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7
[3/4] Lea Moineau (FRA) bt Laura Newrzella (GER) 11-0, 11-3, 11-5
[2] Robyn Hodgson (SCO) bt Sioned Scott (WAL) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4

KL Open 2009  Men's Draw,  02-07 March, Kuala Lumpur , $53k 


Qualifying Finals:
Aaron Frankcomb (Aus) bt  Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) 11/5, 11/6, 11/6 
 
Round One:
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) bt Elvinn Keo (Mas) 5/11, 11/4, 11/9, 11/8 

Women:

Round One:

Delia Arnold (Mas) bt Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 14/12, 11/3, 11/5 

Saurav loses in 2nd round of North American Open 2009, University of Richmond, Virginia : 25th Feb 2009

Round Two : Saurav Ghosal lost to David Palmer 10-12, 6-11, 8-11
Round One : Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Yasser El Halaby (Egy) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2

Source : http://www.squashplayer.co.uk/resultspage.asp?Key=1943 

      
 

Ritwik & Siddharth loses in 1st Round of NSC Series, Mens Draw, Kuala Lumpur: 18th Feb 2009

Pakistan qualifier Waqar Mehboob claimed the biggest scalp in the men's $10,000 PSA Tour event.  The 17-year-old from Peshawar defeated Ritwik Bhattacharya, the third seed from India ranked more than 50 places higher in the world, 11-5, 14-16, 11-7, 11-7.

RESULTS:

1st Round:
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) lost to Waqar Mehboob (Pak) 5-11, 16-14, 7-11, 7-11
Siddarth Suchde (Ind) lost to Ali Anwar Reda (Egy) 11-6, 8-11, 11-3, 6-11, 8-11

 
     
 

Dipika and Joshna loses in Semis of Internationaux de Creteil 2009
Creteil, France : 15/02/2009
 

It was third time lucky for the organisers of the Women's Internationaux de Creteil when home town star Camille Serme upset second seed Joshna Chinappa in straight games to provide local interest in the final of the $12,000 WISPA World Tour squash event in its third year at Centre Marie Therese Eyquem in Creteil, in the outskirts of the French capital Paris, for the first time. 

Top seeded Italian Manuela Manetta, the 2007 champion was taken the full distance by Indian star Dipika Pallikal before beating the 17-year-old fifth seed 11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 13-11.  

Semis:
Dipika Pallikal  lost to Manuela Manetta 6-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-13
Joshna Chinappa lost to Camille Serme 5-11, 7-11, 3-11  

Quarters:
Dipika Pallikal bt Laura Hill 8-11, 11-6, 11-1, 11-6
Joshna Chinappa bt Nour El Tayeb 8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-7

Round one:
Dipika Pallikal ( Ind ) bt Linda Hruzikova (Svk) 13-11, 11-7, 11-6
Joshna Chinappa ( Ind ) bt Victoria Lust (Eng) 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 10-12, 11-8

 
     
 

SWEDISH OPEN: 9/2/2009
 
Sourav loses in 1st round

[3] Nick Matthew (Eng) beat Saurav Ghosal ( Ind ) 11/9, 9/11, 11/6, 11/6

 
     
 

Sourav loses: Tournament of Champions: Grand Central Terminus, New York : 22/1/2009

Saurav Ghosal of India lost in the Qualifying round of Tournament of Champions being played at grand central terminus, new york to egypt ’s Yaseer El Halaby.  Saurav was 1-2 down but fought bravely in the 4th game and won 11-9.  But in the decider he lost very easily to Yaseer.

Score:   Yaseer El Halaby (Egy) beat Saurav Ghosal: 8/11, 11/8, 6/11, 11/9, 11/4 (61m)

 
      
 

Joshna loses in finals: Liberty Bell Open, USA, Jan 2009.

Vanessa Atkinson kicked off her 2009 campaign in great style by winning the Women's Liberty Bell Open in the USA . 

The top seed beat fourth seed Joshna Chinappa in the final of the $11,000 WISPA World Tour squash event at Berwyn Squash & Fitness Club in Berwyn, Philadelphia . 

Atkinson, a former World Open champion and ten times winner of the Dutch national title, is celebrating the 21st Tour title - but the first since March 2006.

Score: Vanessa Atkinson (Den)  beat Joshna : 11-7, 11-7, 11-5

 
     
 

Joshna loses in Qualifing round: Harrow Greenwich Squash Open: (CT, USA : Jan 2009)

Joshna loses in qualifying round to sixth seed Samantha of Mexico.  Joshna only troubled her Mexican counterpart in the second game when she beat her easily 11-6, but it was straight win in the next to games for Samantha. 

Score: Samantha Teran (MEX) beat Joshna 11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 11-8

 
     

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